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SHIRAKUMO destroyers

Shirakumo 1905

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
白雲 <Shirakumo>   Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 2/1901 1/10/1901 2/1902 stricken 4/1922
朝潮 <Asashio>   Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 4/1901 10/1/1902 5/1902 stricken 4/1922

  

Displacement normal, t

342

Displacement full, t

428

Length, m

67.5

Breadth, m

6.34

Draught, m

1.83

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VTE, 4 Thornycroft boilers

Power, h. p.

7000

Max speed, kts

31

Fuel, t

coal 95

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N / Vickers Z, 5 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

59

Ship project history: Built in United Kingdom under the 1898 program, represented typical British "30kts" destroyers.

Modernizations: 1902 - 1903, both: - 1 x 1 - 57/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N / Vickers Z

Naval service: No significant events.

 

 

Asashio 1902

 

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